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Corrected edition---- 
whoops! we misprinted the date of our April 25 film event. See details here.

The April Spring edition of Bear River News:

• Sunday April 19 Bear River event and hike is CANCELLED, and POSTPONED to Saturday & Sunday Memorial Day May 23 & 24
  Tabling at Day Use area Bear River Fishing Access Park 11AM to 2, and
  Join Hike on potential Accessible Riverside Trail at 2:30 PM (see below)
• Help BearPARC plan our Future: Take the Bear River Survey and share your experience and interests. Take the Survey.
• Bear River films and panel presentation April 25, 6:30, at Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall, 223 Broad Street, Nevada City. Details: click here
• Celebrate Bear River art-- the films of Jeff Litton

Join us September 25 for a free evening of films and panel discussion on the Bear River and the Colorado River with Jeff Litton at the Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall, 223 Broad Street, Nevada City from 6:30-8:30 PM. Details link.

Greetings!

Help us define the future of our Bear River and take our action survey! You are one of the nearly one thousand locals who receive this Bear River Newsletter. We want to know how you use this precious river, and even more importantly, we want to know what values you want to see driving the future plans for this region and our river. Right now we are focusing on the Bear River Fishing Access Park just out of Colfax along the I-80 Corridor.

After the River Fire in 2021, camping was prohibited and the two campgrounds were decommissioned. But California Department of Fish & Wildlife and Placer County finally came to a five year agreement to operate this Park for Day Use only. Help us gather information on how we as locals use the Park, and what values we want to preserve for our long term future.

It's only five minutes of your time. Take our survey, will you?

10,000 thanks. We'll give you a report in our next newsletter. It will help us!

Quick updates:

Accessible trail update: BearPARC is making progress in developing concepts for an accessible trail at the Bear River Fishing Access Park near Colfax. Join us Saturday and Sunday May 23 & 24 Memorial Day Weekend for a hike of the proposed handicap accessible trail at 2:30 PM at the upstream parking lot where Milk Ranch Road meets Campground Road. Visit our popup information table from 11 to 2 at the Day Use parklng lot at Plum Tree Rd at Campground Rd. See you there on Memorial Weekend!

Dog Bar update: The new bridge is done (see our Feb Newsletter) and a new season of recreation is on. There will be crammed parking and faster traffic. The land on both sides of the river belongs to NID and is in limbo, and the whole area could be sold and privatized. This is a problem. Download our vision document for Dog Bar. Let us know what you think.

Event updates:

Bear Film event on Sat April 25 in Nevada City (see above). Details: click here.

Cancelled: Bear River booth and hike April 19.

Memorial Day Event and hike: Join us at our popup booth at the Day Use Parking lot of the Bear River Fishing Access Park on either Sat May 23 or Sun May 24 from 11 to 2. Then at 2:30 both days we will be doing the short one mile hike we are hoping will be upgraded to an Handicap Accessible Trail. Meet at the upstream parking lot at Milk Ranch Road and Campground Road.

23440 Milk Ranch Road

Colfax, CA 95713 US

(530) 349 0003

bearparc@gmail.com

www.bearriver.us

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